Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, Neither gather in barns; yet your Heavenly Father feedeth them. (Matthew 6:26)
Last Christmas, to my surprise, I received a card wishing me a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from “Adrian, Tanglefoot, Peanut, Trixie & Dixie, Maria & Mrs Whitebird, Sydney, Stanley, Capt Beaky and All the Gang”.
Adrian has the Big Issue pitch outside Westminster Cathedral and the “gang” are some of his 40-odd feral pigeon friends, each of which he has honoured with a name. The fluctuating flock inhabits the neighbouring buildings and the two old London plane trees either side of the cathedral plaza.
